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Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

Peer support occurs when people provide knowledge, experience, emotional, social or practical help to each other. It is the core function of our online community here at SANE Forums! We want to start having more conversations about it with each other to make sure we all have the skills to support each other!

The topics we are going to cover are:

- community values

- safe spaces

- communication (open ended questions; reflective listening & affirmations)

- empathy

- holding space

See you here Tuesday night!

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

Yes, that's right @Former-Member

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

Gee @MDT! That is not good. I am so sorry you had this experience, it really is invalidating to have these interactions within the MH sector. Definitely glad you have the self-awareness and ability to reflect and realise how not okay that statement was on her behalf. Thank you for sharing this

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

Totally with you on this @MDT

Often the best I can offer is to acknowledge what the person is saying by saying I saw your post, thinking of you. More authentic, and much better than meaningless platitudes.

That nurse sounds the pits

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

Hi everyone 👋

Sorry I am late. Something came up with one of my kids.

Welcime @whatsinaname @Former-Member ....

Just reading along at the moment. I am hearing a lot iof helpful suggestions and observations, and I love hearing when people are comfortable to speak out about what works or doesn’t for them. It broadens the communal perspectives and makes us all think .... reconsidering our approaches and ideas sometimes. That’s actually what helps create an empathetic community, in my thinking anyway.

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

hello @eth

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

Spot on @eth And in fact, self-care is so important if we really desire to help others. Without it we're running on a half tank or sometimes an empty tank and can find ourselves negatively contributing to the wellbeing of not only ourselves but also those we care about.

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

@Former-Member ❤
happy to be here, just wish i could contribute abit more tonight

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

totally true @Faith-and-Hope

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

We have two questions left to squeeze into the next 30 mins 🙂 So, to the next Q! Reflecting on affirmations within our online community..

Affirmations help build people’s confidence in their ability to change the things they want to change. But to be effective they have to be genuine and consistent.

What sort of affirmations do you appreciate hearing from others?

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What online peer support looks like // Tues 16th July, 7pm-9pm AEST

Hello @Faith-and-Hope I agree! And, as you mentioned, I also hope conversations like this snowball the empathy across the online peer space. Thank you for this.

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